Recent Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Seneca, Missouri
Robin Pettry
Jun 11, 2021
__________ Robin L. Pettry of Lamar Mo. Passed away June 11, 2021 at Seneca House in Seneca Mo. Robin Lee Pettry Was born August 3rd 1955 in Jackson County Missouri son of Ralph pettry and Margaret Embree. Robin love many things woodworking buying and selling antiques old books and fishing he spent a lot of time travelling around and visiting...
harry Parker
Jun 9, 2021
____ harry J. Parker, 75, Joplin, MO, passed into eternal rest June 9,2021 at Freeman West Hospital after an illness. harry James Parker was born May 19,1946 in Antioch, CA, the son of Thurlow Earl and Freda Vertice (Warbington) Parker. harry was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He formerly worked as a truck driver for Standard Trucking in...
Edward Fuller
Jun 7, 2021
_________ Edward Layman Fuller was born August 18, 1960 in Elkins, West Virginia the son of Donald and Daryl (White) Fuller. Edward enjoyed being on the internet, drinking beer and watching Scrubs and 2 ½ men. He also played card games, darts and dominos. He had lived in Seneca for the last 7 years. Edward formerly was an over the...
Patricia Caughron
Jun 7, 2021
_______ Patricia A. Caughron, 72, Seneca, MO passed away June 7, 2021 at her residence in Seneca after a sudden illness. Patricia A. Crumpler was born March 11,1949 in New Carlisle, Ohio the daughter of Wesley and Lillie (McGee) Crumpler. She had a criminal justice degree from Missouri Southern State College. Patricia formerly was the General Manger for Best Value...
Charles Testerman
Jun 5, 2021
_______________ Charles L. Testerman, 79, Joplin, MO passed into eternal rest June 5, 2021 at his home in Joplin, MO after losing his battle with cancer. Charles Leon Testerman was born May 28, 1942 in Ottawa County, OK the son of Chester and Maggie (Strickland) Testerman. Charles was a life long area resident. He loved woodworking and loved to visit...
Gary Lee Ritter
May 24, 2021
_____ Gary Lee Ritter, 85, Seneca, MO passed away May 24, 2021 at the Communities of Wildwood in Joplin, MO after a long illness. Gary Lee Ritter was born May 20, 1936 in Wyandotte, OK, the son of Drew and Irene (Shoemaker) Ritter. Gary graduate from Seneca High School in 1954 and begin working at the former IGA in Seneca,...
Kenneth "Kenny" VanDenburgh
May 24, 2021
_________ Kenneth James VanDenburgh, ”Kenny” 70, Seneca, MO formerly of Wichita, KS passed into eternal rest May 24, 2021 at his home in Seneca after a long battle with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Kenny was born July 6, 1950 in Laporte, IN the son of Kenneth Joseph and Thelma Juanita VanDenburgh. Kenny served his country in the US Army. He...
Richard Dale Elliott
May 22, 2021
____________ Richard Dale Elliott, 58, Seneca, MO, passed away May 22, 2021 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness. Richard Dale Elliott was born July 12, 1962 in Joplin, MO the son of Donald (Porky) Elliott and Bertha (Fritchey) Elliott. Dale was a lifelong area resident. He graduated from Seneca High School and was a member of the...
Billy L. Duncan
May 14, 2021
________ Billy L. Duncan, 69, Neosho, MO, formerly of Anderson, MO passed away May 14, 2021 at his home in Neosho after an illness. Billy Lee Duncan was born August 9, 1951 in Bethpage, MO the son of Harold and Erma (Haynes) Duncan. Billy went to Neosho High School. He loved to coon hunt and owned and trained coon dogs...
Lavonda Darlene Poor
May 12, 2021
________ Lavonda Darlene Poor, 59, Racine, MO passed away May 12, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO after an illness. Lavonda Darlene Young was born June 1, 1961 in Alexandria, LA the daughter of Robert and Marcella (Kelems) Young. She was a homemaker who raised three boys. She loved cats and animals in general. Darlene married Tom Poor and...
Dian Strickland
May 8, 2021
_______ Dian Strickland was born December 21,1955 and received her wing's on May 8, 2021. She formerly worked at Sunbeam in Neosho and Fossett's Green House in Neosho. She leaves her significant other Tim Mattox, Casville, MO and two daughters Mechell Branch, Carl Junction, MO and Alicia Strickland, Lahoma, OK. And 14 Grandchild and 8 great grandsons and and one...
Larry Edwards
Apr 29, 2021
______ Larry E. Edwards, 74, Goodman, MO passed into eternal rest April 29, 2021 at his home in rural Goodman after a long illness. Larry Eugene Edwards was born Feb. 25, 1947 in Slainas, CA. Larry served his country in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968 during Viet Nam War. Larry was a former Deputy for the Newton...
Randy Friend
Apr 24, 2021
_____ Randy Lee friend 62 of Wyandotte Oklahoma passed away into eternal rest April 24, 2021 at Barnes Jewish hospital in St. Louis Missouri after a illness. Randy was born August 1, 1958 in Miami Oklahoma he was the son of Fred and Betty Friend of Wyandotte Oklahoma both preceded him and death. He was the youngest of four. Randy’s...
Sybil Mailes
Apr 17, 2021
__________ Sybil B. (Kelley) Mailes, 95, Seneca, Mo., passed peacefully into eternal rest at 7:13 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Oak Pointe of Neosho. Sybil was born August 28, 1925 in Newton County, Mo. to John and Josie (Whittington) Kelley. After attending school at Westview and Seneca High School, she graduated from Neosho High School in 1943. Upon graduation,...
Carl Watson
Apr 11, 2021
_______ Carl A. Watson Sr., 57, Seneca, MO, passed away April 11, 2021 at his home in Seneca after losing his battle with cancer. Carl Aaron Watson was born September 27, 1963 in Tulsa, OK the son of Carl R. and Joyce M. (Self) Watson. Carl was a 1981 graduate of Sapulpa, OKlahoma High School. During his senior year he...
Billie C. Millhollin
Apr 6, 2021
_____ Billie C. Millhollin, 66, Wyandotte, OK, passed away April 6, 2021 at his home in rural Wyandotte following an illness. Billie Charles Millhollin was born February 8, 1955 in Loveland, CO the son of Jasper C. and Maudie Elizabeth (Turner) Millhollin. Billie was a member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. He had worked for the tribe for...
Eldon Jones
Apr 5, 2021
______ Eldon Dale Jones, 57, Wyandotte, OK passed away April 5, 2021 at his home in rural Wyandotte after an illness. Eldon Dale Jones was born April 19, 1963 in Los Angeles, CA. Eldon worked for 30 plus years at Simmons and currently was working at Indigo Sky Casino. Eldon loved fish, go boating, spending long hours on the lake...
Helen La Verne White
Apr 3, 2021
_____ Helen La Verne White April 3, 2021 Helen La Verne White 91 left for her Heavenly Home. Helen La Verne Smith was born October 28, 1929 in Sentinel, OK the daughter of Joseph Grady Smith and Annie Bessie (Carothers) Smith. La Verne graduated from Sentinel, OK High School in 1948 she married fellow graduate Charles “Bud” F. White. They...
Letitia Palmer
Mar 29, 2021
____ Letitia Palmer,66 years of age gained her angel wings March 29, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. Letitia was born March 24,1955 in Fairland Ok to LaVerne and Monna Rae Connell. Letitia graduated from Seneca High School in 1973. Letitia had 3 Daughters, 7 Grandchildren and 2 great granddaughters. She always called her granddaughters " Baby Girl". Letitia...
George Dixon
Mar 28, 2021
___ George Dixon, the son of Tommy J. Dixon Sr. and Betty R. (Baker) Dixon, was born November 15, 1971 in Wichita, KS. George was a Home Builder by trade. He loved to work on old cars and helping his sons with their cars or trucks. George loved fishing and deer hunting, building and working on dirt race cars. George...